different between foment vs advocate

English

Etymology

From Middle English fomenten, a borrowing from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin f?mentum (“lotion”), from fovere (“heat, cherish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???m?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fo??m?nt/, /f??m?nt/
• Homophone: ferment (in some dialects, unstressed)

Verb

foment (third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented)

1. To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

   He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.

   Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.

   • 2021, Peter Walker, Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests, in: The Guardian, January 7 2021

     Boris Johnson and senior Conservative ministers have vigorously condemned the violence in Washington, but have largely steered clear of condemning Trump for fomenting it.

2. (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.

   Synonym: beath

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton (2005), page 1178,

     The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.

Derived terms

• fomentation

Translations

Noun

foment (plural foments)

1. Fomentation.
   • 1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier

     He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up.

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French advocat, from Latin advoc?tus (past participle of advoc?re (“to call for”)), a calque of Ancient Greek ?????????? (parákl?tos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avouch, and avow.

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.k?t/
• Verb:
  • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.ke?t/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

1. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]
2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, First Folio 1623:

     I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.

3. A person who speaks in support of something. [from 18th c.]
   • 2011, Alix Lee, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2011:

     He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.

4. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

   Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident.

Derived terms

• devil's advocate

Related terms

• advocacy
• advocation
• advocator
• avocate

Translations

Verb

advocate (third-person singular simple present advocates, present participle advocating, simple past and past participle advocated)

1. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
   • 7 March, 1624, Robert Sanderson, sermon at the Assizes, at Lincoln

     To advocate the cause of thy client.

   • 16 June, 1784, Edmund Burke, speech on reform of representation in the House of Commons

     This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated.

2. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
3. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advise

Related terms

• advocacy

Translations

Anagrams

• avocated

Latin

Verb

advoc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of advoc?

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?advoket/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

1. barrister
2. (Aberdeen) solicitor

Verb

advocate (third-person singular present advocates, present participle advocatin, past advocatit, past participle advocatit)

1. (law) to appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session
2. (law, in higher courts) to call a case before itself for decision

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.